Google, Canon, Dropbox and Others Pool Patents to Ward Off Trolls — A coalition of technology companies large and small has created a sort of arms-control treaty to prevent future abuses of their intellectual property. — Among Google, Canon, SAP, Newegg, Dropbox and Asana, there are nearly 300,000 patent assets on the line.

ServiceNow to Acquire Israel's Neebula for $100 Million — ServiceNow, the cloud software company that helps other companies automate their corporate IT environments, will pay $100 million in cash to acquire Neebula, an Israeli startup. — Neebula's speciality is a system for discovering …

IBM Pledges $3 Billion for Semiconductor Research — Computer Giant's Research Will Seek to Tackle Obstacles to Shrinking Circuitry, Develop Alternative Materials — International Business Machines Corp. on Wednesday pledged to spend $3 billion over five years on semiconductor research …

Sony Nabs Verizon As Partner, Xperia Z2 First Exclusive — With its very light and waterproof design, the Sony Xperia Z2 is one of the best iPad Air alternatives, but most people don't know it exists. Verizon hopes to change that by offering an exclusive version of the tablet with 4G LTE …